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How to Celebrate Canada’s First National Gender Equality Week

This week, Canada celebrates its first National Gender Equality Week from September 23 – 29. We’ve prepared this handy list of ideas you can use to #PromoteHer at home and in the workplace.

Ida Adamowicz, current participant in Minerva BC’s Women Leading the Way™ program, shares her thoughts on entrepreneurship and the importance of shaping your own lens.

This year, Minerva BC is pleased to host two dates for the Face of Leadership™ Luncheon, bringing together business leaders in Prince George and Vancouver for an afternoon of leadership learning and networking.

Whether this recent heat wave means lying on a beach or curling under an air conditioner with a good book, it’s a great opportunity to boost your leadership learning. Check out Minerva BC’s staff picks for the summer.

In the Spring of 2017, Minerva BC received a compelling Learning to Lead™ application from a high school student in Kamloops. Autumn Walkem, in Grade 11 at the time, expressed a deep interest in developing her confidence, using her voice, and learning about her own potential for leadership. There was a personal stake for Autumn, who wanted to better represent her indigenous community and “be a voice to protect the earth”.

In this edition of Donor Spotlight, we’d like to introduce Ann Naymie. Ann was looking to fund a Learning to Lead™ scholarship for a recipient that she felt would most positively benefit from the experience, someone that would go on to truly make a difference in the world. We matched Ann to Autumn Walkem, and the connection was instantaneous.

It was another fabulous weekend at St. John’s College (UBC) for Learning to Lead™ presented by Shaw. Congratulations to all 50 girls for showing up wholeheartedly and being ready to connect, reflect, and embrace the experience.

Spring Fling brought Women Leading the Way™ alumnae together to reconnect over wine and new wear.

In this edition of Donor Spotlight, we’d like to introduce a remarkable individual, Chad Bentley. Chad will be competing in the Epic 5 Ultra Triathalon Challenge, an incredible adventure that will take him to Hawaii to compete in five Ironman competitions in just five days(!)

Barbara Baronova, Events Manager at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and alumna of Women Leading the Way™, shares how the program helped to shape her “inner voice” and define her values.

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Our office is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.